He joined the Army immediately after graduation, earned a battlefield promotion to lieutenant colonel at 28 and received many medals — including the DSC and two Croix de Guerre — mainly for
his exploits as a commander of tanks in General George Patton's Third Army, where his feats earned him the nickname «Risky.»
Viewers also see the
exploits of war: Henry's brother Jamie is a B - 24 bomber, while Hap's oldest son Ronsel (Jason Mitchell) is a tank
commander in the famed 761st Tank Battalion (the segregated unit known
as the Black Panthers).